inquisition

inquisition has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
• n.. Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
• n.. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
• n.. A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.
• v. t.. To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
• n.. a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
• n.. a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy